Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-12-17
ABOUT HORACE GREELEY.
a story Of His Adventure with o
Fresh Reporter

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very WE'LL" said leading Ellsworth
merchant in conversation with ~
Journal reporter the other day. "Of
all the eccentric men ever knew,
think he was the most peculiarly so.
/ had occasion to callinto the Tribune
Office when Mr.. Greeley was there, and
never shall forget little incident
that, fortunate enough, made good
mechanic out OF a poor newspaper
man. Mr.. Greeley, you know, prided
himself that the columns OF the Trib-
une never got left on any important
item of news.
"On the reportorial staff OF the
Tribune at the time speak of was a
dashing young Massachusetts, fellow
a man, so New York Newspaper men
said, who had good nose for
news. The young man had been con-
nected with the Tribune but a
week, when one afternoon he
was summoned into the editorial
sanctun by Mr.. Greeley himself. |
happened to be chatting with Mr..
Greeley at the time, and remember the
scared look on the reporters counte-
nance when he ushered himself before
the great Greeley, and the converse
ton that then took place.
Young man." said Mr.. Greeley,
there is to be dinner at R-to.night,
and shall speak. Bethere at sharp
and report me. want column and
. half
1.-THE reporter bowed himself out OF
the sanctum. As further develop
, ments proved, thenewspaper man had
, made arrangements to take his girl to
|, the opera that evening. He was up
!, a stump what to do. He was afraid
of Mr.. Greeley and he was afraid of
his girl. He consulted with a reporter
: friend of his on a rival paper to the
: Tribune, and his friend thus talked:
!, 20. that's nothing. Guess you have
not been in New York long. II ow
. much did Greeley say he wanted? Col
Z umn and a half? Oh, that will
be all right. You just get
). into your claw. hammer and take the
Z gal to the opera / know what Greeley
;; will talk about. I've been to dinners
!. lots of times and heard his speeches.
j. After the opera come over to my
Office and I'll dictate Greeley's after
dinner speech. you write it down. and
! I'll wager SIS note that the editor
y will compliment the report.
= The Tribune reporter took his glrl
= = to the opera. He didn't enjoy him
= sell very much, and after the curtain
: fell and the girl was home he sought
:. his reportorial friend and found him
= in his den. They 'wroteup' Mr.. Gree
= lev. and put over the article the most
Il breezy headlines in their newspaper
A. yernacular. The speech was printed
: on the first page OF the Tribune.
1.-THE next morning Mr.. Greeley
~ came down town and tumbled into
:. the editorial chair at o'clock. lie
4, took up the Tribune, and the first
= thing his eye fell upon was Hor-
ace Greeley's ringing speech at Rs
last evneing.
He read the article to the end with
Tor out word.
HE then threw the Tribune into
II. the waste-basket and pulled the bell
u ior the manager.
hu "Who wrote that article? said Mr.
no Greeley. when that man had appeared
20 1.-The new man, replied themana9er
n ".send him up roared Mr.. Greeley
sThe reporter who took his girl K
- the opera the night before came up
ng. Mr.. Greeley was white as asteet, wher
Id, the youth backed into the sanetum
he q Did you write that articieg thun
- dered Mr.. Greeley, referring to en-.
-" halt.eolumn of headlines under which
lge 80. Nj, Graalaxr'a SnepPh
We ".Yes. sir said the reporter. J FOL
DIS. lowed Won the hest ! could. lo'
-, know YOU spoke uncommoDly last las
night. and there was noise and ha'
I,t. to stand up !,
nv ~. ".Spoke uncommonly fast, did !!
10y Numbered Mr.. Greeley. Young mar
iii YOU lie! | VAS sick last night. an
~ didn't 20 within three miles OF r.
40 and didn't make any speech
I, ssMr. Greeley grabbed the retreatm
form of the pencil-pusher and actual
80 booted him down stairs and INTO IN
the street.
sn "The editor tried TO recall the grea
edition Of the Tribune, bur it was TO
~. III late. He sent men all over the cit
.t.'. with instructions to buy every NOR
o,,s ing Tribune in New YORK. said D
= K Buy them at any cost!
, "AIr. Greeley paid as high as 7
alIv cents copy for some OF tne paper
a. but the speech that he dldn't MAJ
~ was the gossip OF all New York ior
AZ week. The reporter never dared
-. show his fare to Mr., Greeley ait
49, that night. He dropped the scribe
,,,ss pen like a boiling hns potato ana We
! ~ West, believe. lie made spieha
rns- mechanic.
~, - 'On the way 10th Tribune olneee
,rto cry morning Mr.. Greeley always sJepp
49, into perio lical store and bought
Tribune and every paper printed
New York" continued the liswor
ce, merchant. "He told me oneday "a
he always bought his own paper ", WI
hon he was within three minutes wax
-. the Tribune building. lie cou'ul
'oiS wait, as he said. ~
very "I'ye seen Mr.. Greeley walk II
cked church when the parson was prayH
/ the making a tremendous racket as
d to trudped up the aisle to front se'
man throwing a big bundle OF newspap
She into the pew and then hlmseii'
ated new was the next in front mine.
anne five minutes after he was comiortal
He settled among his newspapers ne
she mapping. People used 70 teti ne = =
be- the ablest preacher IN New lorh !, )
her couldn't keep Horace Greeley a"'
mar OF Sunday morning.
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o see A ludicrous argument took pie
n a Il 50